- an epic, yelling, screaming, flailing, scratching, name-calling, ultimatum-throwing tantrum from a tired four-year-old who didn't want to ride in the shopping cart or hold anyone's hand or walk
- two shopping carts to accommodate, in addition to our regular groceries, two boxes of diapers and one box of wipes and zero boxes of pull-ups (woot!)
- putting Peter and Cooper in charge of that second cart and sending them to get those diapers and wipes without me
- lots of faith that Peter and Cooper would find the correct items and wouldn't crash into anyone or anything
- lots of faith that Peter and Cooper would come back, period
- bouncing and moving so Topher would first go to sleep, then stay asleep, while in the Baby Bjorn
- a visit to the restroom that required me to take the girls and Topher in and leave the the big boys out to play a supposedly unintended game of bumper cart
We made it home with our groceries and our sanity.
Although, at one point Cooper announced that he'd lost his marble, but he literally meant a marble he kept in his pocket.
2 comments:
Holy cow; good job! I am not a fan of Costco in general (so crowded all the time!), and almost never take my kids to the store at the same time anymore (Amazon Subscribe-and-Save, Walmart to Go, and kids who are old enough to babysit help with all of this!). You are superwoman!!
Thanks Beth, your comment made me smile. I'd managed to avoid having them all with me at the store until yesterday, and with school starting at the end of the month, it likely won't happen again, at least not at Costco. And, fingers crossed, I'm hoping Peter will be responsible enough sometime in the next year to babysit his siblings. That may be a game changer!
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